Job Description:
Title: Software Developer
Location: RemoteUK or Canada
Reports to: Computer Scientist
Vacancy: This is an existing position
The Role:
We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join our talented team to help develop and deliver new products, services and insights to our global customers in the automotive sector.
The Impact You Will Have in This Role:
At J.D. Power, we're global leaders in consumer insights, advisory services, and data analytics. We're driving innovation in the Automotive industry and beyond by working with complex, rich datasets to unlock meaningful insights. Your contributions will help to deliver reliable data pipelines and user-facing analytics within tools including, but not limited to, Palantir Foundry that unlocks insights for stakeholders.
What You'll Be Doing in This Role:
Working within a cloud-based platform for data integration, flexible analytics and visualization, you will:
Construct datasets using data transforms and quality checks to enable automotive quality benchmarking and analysis.
Operationalize workflows using Ontology (Semantic) objects, Actions, and Functions.
Develop applications and dashboards for both internal and customer-facing use.
Create React applications to deliver tailored user interfaces for bespoke customer requirements.
Write clear documentation and runbooks to support the systems and tools you build.
Engage with product teams, designers, and customers throughout the design, development, and support phases.
Work with guidance, escalating when appropriate, and communicating project status and risks clearly.
Participate in code reviews and follow team standards.
Write tests appropriate to the layer (pipeline validations or unit tests where appropriate).
Qualifications of this Role:
Required Experience
Desirable Experience
Required Technical Skills
Experience with Python, SQL and Git.
An understanding of JavaScript/TypeScript and React (or an interest to learn).
Desirable Technical Skills
Preferred Palantir Foundry experience (e.g., Workshop, Ontology, Actions, Functions, Code Repositories, Marketplace). Equivalent experience on other Cloud Data Platforms welcome to apply.
Experience with data visualizations techniques and use of visualization libraries.
Experience working with data pipelines, preferably using PySpark.
Working knowledge of HTML/CSS.
Desirable Competencies
Be able to combine independent thinking with problem-solving skills. You will also need to work well as part of a team and have a flexible and agile approach to your work.
Problem solver, shows initiative, eager to learn, self-learner/researcher.
You are empathetic, enthusiastic, collaborative, and willing to share expertise.
Have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex information to others.
You like taking on big challenges - given the appropriate time and resources.
The Hiring Manager says:
I’m looking for someone who is eager to progress further in their software engineering career. You should have initiative and a natural drive for continuous learning. You should have a pragmatic approach to software engineering, never afraid to ask questions, and continuously be thinking about the use case and bigger picture when taking on projects and challenges.
This position has a starting salary range of £40,000 GBP to £43,000 GBP per year. This is the range we reasonably and in good faith expect to pay for the role at the time of posting. An employee’s pay within the range is determined by a number of factors, including relevant skills, education, qualifications, experience, performance, business or organizational needs, and geographic location.
Company Mission
J.D. Power is clear about what we do to ensure our success into the future. We unite industry leading data and insights with world-class technology to solve our clients’ toughest challenges.
Our Values
We POWER Our Customer's Success
We are Innovative, Collaborative and Grounded in Data
We Make Things Easy
We Get It Done
We Start with Trust & Prove it Everyday
J.D. Power is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.
Should you require accommodations during the recruitment and selection process, please reach out to tarecruitment@jdpa.com.
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JD Power is a global leader in consumer insights, advisory services and data and analytics. A pioneer in the use of big data, artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithmic modeling capabilities to understand consumer behavior, JD Power has been delivering incisive industry intelligence on customer interactions with brands and products for more than 50 years. The world's leading businesses across major industries rely on JD Power to guide their customer-facing strategies.